RE: st: RE: RE: Encryption of data

Dear David,
> We sociologists (and others) make a distinction between
> anonymity and
> confidentiality. To make a dataset anonymous, it would seem
> you need
> to remove the variable that has the names.
Thanks for your concern, but it doesn't involve names, these are removed
anyway. I need the variable to link the data to other datasets. But it's
enough to encrypt the variable in a one-way manner. I can do that for both
datasets, get anonymity and am able to link. I cannot link and then destroy
the variable, we will need it later.
Best regards,
-Hendri.
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